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Senator criticizes proposed 37% cut to National Park Service budget as ‘‘devastating’’
Summary
An unnamed senator at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing called a proposed 37% cut—about $1.2 billion—to the National Park Service budget ‘‘devastating,’’ citing growing visitation and shrinking staffing since 2010 and questioning the rationale for the reduction.
An unnamed senator on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee criticized a proposed reduction to the National Park Service budget, calling a roughly 37% cut ‘‘devastating’’ and ‘‘an insult to the Congress.’'
"I'm disappointed, Mister Secretary, with the budget, particularly for the National Park Service," the senator said, adding that committee members were provided the National Park Service budget justification for "02/2025" and a separate document labeled "02/1926." The senator said those…
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